Police and fire briefs for June 16, 2014

Police and fire briefs for June 16, 2014

Woman, 75, dies after Florida Blvd. wreck

A woman, 75, died Sunday after she was injured in an accident on Florida Boulevard near Flannery Road, Baton Rouge police said.

Katie Young, of 13532 Bogwood Ave., died of injuries that occurred around 1:20 p.m. in the westbound lanes of Florida Boulevard near Flannery Road, Cpl. Don Coppola Jr., a police spokesman, said.

The accident happened when Young, who was traveling north on Flannery road, crossed over Florida Boulevard in a 2011 Honda and was struck by a 1998 Chevrolet Camaro, Coppola said.

The Chevrolet was driven by a 49-year-old man who was not identified, Coppola said. He had a teenage boy as a passenger in the Camaro. Both drivers along with the teenager were taken to a hospital. The injuries to the driver and passenger of the Chevrolet didn’t appear to be life threatening at the time of the crash, Coppola said.

The crash is under investigation.

Woman arrested in apartment fires

Eastside Fire Department investigators arrested a woman in the fires set in two apartments early June 7 after she was evicted from the complex, officials said.

The fire occurred about 6:30 a.m. at a four-apartment complex at 1045 Manson Drive, just off Old Hammond Highway near the Miller Village Shopping Center, Keith Smith, assistant chief with the Eastside Fire Department, said. Montague lived in one of the apartments before the eviction, Smith said.

According to the arrest warrant, witnesses identified Montague as the person who set separate fires in two apartments.

Some of the residents who still live at the complex suspect Montague blamed them for getting evicted and tried to burn the building down in retaliation, the warrant says.

“If it weren’t for some eyewitnesses putting out the fire, we would have had multiple victims trapped,” Smith said. “We would have had our hands full that day.”

Authorities arrest nine suspected of DWI

Authorities arrested at least nine people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into Parish Prison between 2:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, booking records show.